$48,875 for a bicycle rodeo or bike training in Aurora, Illinois in 2007

$1,100 for posters and paper sneakers in Wilmington, Delaware in 2010

$48,009 to create “encouragement” signs, have law enforcement slow traffic, and develop safety materials for the Amish in Millersburg, Ohio in 2010.

Ultimately, when the people who actually earn the money are in charge of how it’s spent, they don’t get stuck paying for such nonsense. The last things parents struggling to make ends meet need is higher taxes to subsidize things like $850 bookmarks. Congress should end its billion-dollar-walkathon boondoggle, or voters should tell them to take a hike.

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